Can You Work In The Medical Field With Hiv

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Work in medical field with HIV?

My partner is HIV+, and has recently gone back to school to become a medical assistant. Doing well in school, but he is now wondering: Can potential employers in the medical field ask him his HIV status? If so, can they deny him a position due to...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Please check out the numerous questions and answers in this forum about HIV-positive nurses, to get an idea of the shape of the playing field on this issue. Direct questions about HIV or any other disability are not legal. The appropriate question... Read more »

Should those with AIDS/HIV be allowed to work in the medical field???

I am wondering if are those infected with the AIDS/HIV virus are allowed with to work in the... Read more »

Response from Lynne Gabriel »

Can I work in the medical field

I have been diagnosed as a chronic carrier for hep b. I am awaiting my test results to see if it is... Read more »

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HIV Positive Doctors and Medical Students

Posted by JumptheHorizon, 4 Replies

Hi everyone,
I have good reason to be worried that I have HIV, and am waiting the time to be retested (first was negative, which was about one month after I think I could have been infected, but my lymphocytes were down).

Anyway, what is the story for... Read more »

Way out in left field

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I was diagnosed in August of 2003 w/ a vl or 750,000... and CD 4 count of 169/w no symptoms. Since then I have been on Combivir and Sustiva, my VL is undetectable and CD4 is 280. I was initially devastated. I have 2 small children, that are neg... Read more »

SWF,HIV infected through work

Posted by Anonymous

Hi,

Just checking to see if I'm the only person in this world who contracted this disease through their job. Ironically, I am a Medical Technologist who worked as a supervisor and taught students blood precautions when doing their job. After 13 years... Read more »

WHAT GOOD ARE HIV TEST IF THEY DON'T WORK!!

Posted by help290, 1 Reply

I have been dealing with this for over three years 7 doctors 8 negative antibody test 1 negative pcr and lately 1 indeterminate western blot
1 band not sure which one and now the ID doctor wants me to wait a month for another western blot. I have... Read more »

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